Swiss tourist to return home in a body bag

“When I booked a holiday in NZ, it never occurred to me that my wife didn’t speak English!”

A Swiss tourist died yesterday morning while walking the Tongariro Crossing with his wife, said a police spokeswoman .

The man’s body was airlifted away by recovery services. A French tourist who was also walking the crossing helped translate between the man’s wife and recovery personnel.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11423446

Meanwhile, back in the Golden Bay…

Official search for Dutch tourist suspended: Police

Saturday, 28 March 2015 – 9:54am – Tasman. The search for 26 year old Dutch tourist Ken Boogers who went missing last week has now gone into “continuous limited search mode” which means no official search teams will be put into the field until new information comes to light to direct a search, police said.

However, Mr Boogers’ parents and several volunteers will be back searching again today for the missing man. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/official-search-dutch-tourist-suspended

Victim’s name released

Friday, 27 March 2015. The man who was killed after being struck by a log during a logging operation in the Te Wera Forest yesterday (26 March, 2015) has now been identified as James Stuart Oxenham, who lived in Urenui. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-release

Teen dies unexpectedly

Shaylyn Te Huia, 16, died unexpectedly in Te Kuiti on Monday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/67535037/Teens-death-rocks-the-shearing-community

Your honour, it wasn’t me who killed the Taiwanese tourist… honest!

An incomplete list of latest murders, road kills…

Truck driver denies killing tourist cyclist

Taiwanese visitor Ming Chih Hsieh, 33, was killed in a collision with a truck and trailer unit at the intersection of Carmen and Waterloo roads in the Christchurch suburb of Hornby on September 29, last year, according to a report.

However, the Christchurch truck driver, David Peter Connell, 50, has denied killing the tourist cyclist.

[Your honour, it wasn’t me who killed the Taiwanese tourist, it was the truck. The bloody monster has a mind of its own, honest!]

Motorcyclist killed in a collision today on State Highway 56

Wednesday, 25 March 2015 – 5:20pm –

The motorcyclist killed in a collision today on State Highway 56 at the intersection of Walkers Road, Longburn, has been formally identified as Bernard Nicholas Dekker, aged 56, of Palmerston North.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/motorcyclist-named

Body found after search for a missing swimmer

Waitemata -At approximately 7.50 am this morning members of the public reported seeing a male dive into the water from the Devenport wharf, but didn’t see him to resurface.

The identity of the male aged 18 years is known, but has not yet been released.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-find-body-after-searching-missing-swimmer

Day three – no trace of missing Dutch tourist

Police and dogs from Canterbury have again failed to find any trace of missing Dutch tourist Ken Boogers, 26. He was last seen on the Pillar Point track between Wharariki and Puponga in Golden Bay on Saturday, police said.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/day-three-no-trace-missing-dutch-tourist

Search for boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge, aged 11, continues

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/67500906/search-for-boy-mike-zhaobeckenridge-police-identify-car-parts

Victim of fatal incident Oxford named

Canterbury Police have named the victim of an incident on farmland near Oxford last night (23 March 2015).  He was 61 year old Rodney Alfred Bennett from Rangiora.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/victim-fatal-incident-farmland-near-oxford-named

Pedestrian killed in Whanganui named

A woman who was killed after she was struck by a truck at the intersection of Great North Road and London Street, Whanganui on the evening of Friday 20 March, 2015 has now been formally identified as Judith Maree Alexander, aged 45, of Whanganui.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/pedestrian-named-1

Unexplained death [murder mystery] in Coromandel

Waikato Police investigating the unexplained death of a 37-year-old man say a post-mortem examination planned for tomorrow. The incident occurred in a Wyuna Bay property outside Coromandel about 11pm on Sunday, 22 March 2015.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/unexplained-death-under-investigation-coromandel

Henderson hit and run victim named

The man who was killed after being hit by a vehicle on Universal Drive, Henderson shortly before 10pm on Friday, has been named as 50 year-old David John Caldwell.

Crash victim named

Levin Police say the man who was killed in a single vehicle crash on Kimberley Road, Levin, in the early hours of 21 March, 2015 was Mohd Shafiq Bin Mustapha, aged 20, of Palmerston North.

Motorcyclist critical after Hastings collision

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hawkes-bay-sun/67507596/motorcyclist-critical-after-hastings-collision

Three separate car crashes leaves five injured, two seriously

Five people have been injured – two seriously – in Auckland in three separate car crashes this morning.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11422860

Hunter killed in Stewart Island shooting

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11421817

Serious crash south of Christchurch

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/67469072/serious-crash-south-of-christchurch

Two cut from cars after Yaldhurst crash

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/67467034/Two-cut-from-cars-after-Yaldhurst-crash

 

CODE RED: ANOTHER WEEKEND NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT

NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT:

CODE RED

NO murders, road kills, gang rapes, muggings, tourist assaults…  would be reported this weekend due to the full enforcement of NEWS BLACKOUT in New Zealand, which currently stands at CODE RED.

See Ministry of Truth for an explanation of the codes.

[“Minitrue” could conceivably ease the news blackout, ever so marginally, to discredit this blog. ]

 

Tiny fraction of latest road kills and mayhem in the “news Islands”

Media update re Fatal Hit and Run

Saturday, 21 March 2015 – 12:39am

The Honda Civic car and driver involved in the fatal hit and run in Universal Drive, Henderson, Auckland, has been located, said the police.

“Earlier reports that the deceased was riding a motorcycle is not correct. He was riding a push cycle.”

Fatal Crash Update, Alfriston, Counties Manukau

A fatal crash occurred on the Alfriston-Ardmore Road at around 8am on Thursday 19 March, said Counties Manukau Police Serious Crash.

18 year old Brandon Rowe was confirmed dead at the scene.

Officer in Charge of the Counties Manukau Police Serious Crash Unit  says that it appears that the Mazda lost control and crashed into a power pole.

Victim of fatal crash near Templeton named

Friday, 20 March 2015 – 10:50am – Canterbury

Canterbury Police have named the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred shortly after 7.30am yesterday (19 March 2015) morning a short distance from the intersection of SH73 West Coast Rd and Miners Rd. He was Ian William Clarke.

Pedestrian killed after being struck by a truck in Wanganui

Pedestrian struck by truck Friday, 20 March 2015 – 12:44am

The collision occurred at the intersection of Great North Road and London Street at about 11.10pm killing the [unidentified] person died at the scene, police said.

Body found beside river Thursday, 19 March 2015 – 9:07am

The body of a man was found in the water at the edge the Waikato River in Huntly, said police.
The man was found just before 8am on the riverside at Harris Street Huntly. [Victim’s name and nationality has NOT been released.]

Police name victim of industrial incident south of Timaru

Canterbury Police have named the victim of an industrial incident at Gordons Valley Lime Company, south of Timaru, which occurred at approximately 7.15pm on 19 March 2015.  He was 43 year old Scott James Baldwin from South Canterbury.

They are killed in the air, at sea and on the land

Four bodies recovered from mystery crashed plane near Wanaka

Police have recovered four bodies from a light plane that crashed near Wanaka, but have released no details about the victims. The plane was a Cessna 185 fixed wing aircraft. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11418172

Palmerston North homicide victim named

Manawatu Police have released the name of the woman who was murdered in a private apartment block in Palmerston North on the evening of 13 March, 2015. She was Virginia Ford, aged 20 of Dunedin. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/palmerston-north-homicide-victim-named

Driver and strayed bull killed in crash

A 23-year-old man who crashed into an escaped bull on Wanganui Flat Road on the West Coast late on Friday night died in Christchurch Hospital.

The victim, Codey Peter Pink, had recently moved to Hari Hari, according to a report.

Mr Pink’s car, a Subaru station wagon, struck a bull that had strayed onto the road, police said. The cattle also died.

It’s not known why the *&^%@# owner hadn’t secured the animal.

Remembering  Magnus Kastengren

32-year-old Swedish skier Magnus Kastengren lost his life in a fall from Mount Cook in New Zealand 500 days ago.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9358698/Extreme-skier-killed-on-Mt-Cook-named

Rape in Palmerston North

Palmerston North Police are investigating a sexual attack of an 18 year old female in the early hours on the 14th March 2015. The female left an inner city bar just prior to 3am and was befriended by a male and taken to George Street where the attack has occurred. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36566

 

More murders, rapes, road kills, violence and terrorism against nature in New Zealand

New Zealand Police asks:

“Do you have info about the #NZFormula #1080Milk threat? Please call us on 0800 723 665

NO, we don’t!

But we can reveal the identity of the “number one eco-terrorist” in New Zealand. He should be arrested, prosecuted and deported to his place of origin!

• John Key is NZ’s “number one eco-terrorist”, says campaigner

However, we don’t believe NZ police has large-enough round ones to arrest him.

Now, back to the murders, rapes, road kills, negligent homicides…  helicopter crashes and the police getting away with bloody murder:

Stabbing in Upper Hutt now a homicide investigation

Hutt Valley Police confirm that the investigation into the stabbing of two victims in Upper Hutt on Thursday morning is now a homicide investigation.

At about 6pm tonight the 24 year old female victim has died as a result of her injuries. A 42 year old male appeared in the Hutt Valley District court today charged with her assault and the assault of her 19 year old brother.  http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36560

Helicopter crash French Pass

A helicopter has crashed into the sea in French Pass about 5.20pm today (Friday, 13 March 2015).

Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter collide with a power line which runs between D’Urville Island and the mainland. Divers have located the helicopter in about 10m of water. The registration of the helicopter has been confirmed and it is believed there is [at least] one person deceased in the wreckage.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/helicopter-crash-french-pass

Police have been cleared (aaAGAIN) of any wrongdoing in fatal chase

Police have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a chase which resulted in the death of a passenger in a fleeing vehicle.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11416211

Top kayaker killed in New Zealand

The body of Louise Jull, formerly of Otaki, was recovered by police at 10am Thursday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/67265600/Top-kayaker-Louise-Jull-drowns-near-Rotorua

Double Stabbing in Upper Hutt – Wellington

Hutt Valley Police are investigating the serious stabbing of two people in an Upper Hutt street early this morning at about 12.56am. Two adults were stabbed, both suffering serious wounds as a result. One female victim is currently in ICU in Wellington Hospital having been operated on. The second victim, a male, is also in hospital receiving treatment to a laceration on his arm.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36530

Fatal Crash in Counties Manukau

Counties Manukau Police Serious Crash Unit is continuing its investigation into a fatal crash which occurred on the Whitford-Maraetai Road at around 6am on Tuesday 10 March.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-crash-update-whitford

Dead in Dunedin

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a 24-year-old man at a residential address in Dunedin.
Emergency services were called to the suburb of Belleknowes about 11.45am after a friend of the man raised the alarm.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11416273

Body recovered from the Waikato River

Hamilton Police say a body recovered from the Waikato River earlier today has been identified as a man reported missing on Monday.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36539

Two tourist injured critically in Kaihere crash

Today’s incident happened on State Highway 27 at Kaihere shortly before 1pm, district road policing manager Inspector Jeff Penno said.

“Initial indications are the incident involved a northbound car losing control on a down hill bend that has collided with a southbound logging truck.”
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36552
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11416901

Man killed in road crash

The man killed when his truck hit a tree in Napier on Wednesday had just become a father.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/67289918/new-father-killed-when-truck-hit-tree

Homicide Investigation

OPERATION BEDFORD. At about 10:50 pm last night Police responded to an incident at the residential address in Bedford Street, Porirua. A 37 year old Male occupant was located at the address with an injury believed to be caused by a knife. The Male was taken to the Wellington Hospital however he died during the early hours of the morning.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/media-stand-porirua-homicide-investigation

German tramper missing

Esther Gehrmann, a German tramper in her early 40s, has not been heard from since Tuesday.  Shewas believed to be tramping in the Mt Starveall area of the Mt Richmond Ranges in south Marlborough, which was part of the Te Araroa Trail.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11416833

Sexual assault in Tauranga
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11416875

Police appeal for witnesses to sexual violation in Milbrook Reserve
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-appeal-witnesses-sexual-violation-milbrook-reserve

14-year-old Raped in Flaxmere

Police are looking for a male who raped a 14-year-old girl on Wednesday night as she was walking home in Flaxmere, a suburb in Hawke’s Bay region, located north-west of Hastings, North Island).
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/67285562/Flaxmere-teenager-raped-while-walking-home

Three more Americans killed in “violent” collision in New Zealand

Too difficult to hide death of “prominent” Americans in “News Islands”

Three holidaying Americans were killed in a “violent” collision with a truck west of Hamilton overnight, and a fourth victim, the 56-year-old male driver, was injured, Waikato Police has finally revealed.

The four U.S. visitors were prominent, well-known members of the Church of Latter Day Saints in the settlement of Richfield, and nearby Monroe, about 2.5 hours from Salt Lake City, said a report.

Ruth Ann and Mitchell Peterson were violently killed in a collision with a truck  south of Hamilton, New Zealand.

An off-duty policeman on his way home was the first person to arrive at the crash scene at the intersection of SH39 (Kakaramea Rd) and Tuhikaramea Rd, police said.

The four victims in the car were all wearing seatbelts and it wasn’t a case of pointing the finger at tourists, the policeman was quoted as saying.

“That officer raised the alarm and began administering first aid until the arrival of paramedics. The crash is currently being investigated by a raft of teams including the Serious Crash and Commercial Vehicle Investigation Units who are working to confirm what has occurred,” he said.

“Initial indications are that a blue Toyota Highlander car with four persons on board heading north on SH39 has turned right, across the path of a southbound truck and trailer unit, at the intersection with Tuhikaramea Rd.”

US citizens husband and wife, Ruth-Ann and Mitchell PETERSON of Monroe in Utah and Tamara Garlick BARNETT of Richfield which is also in Utah, were killed, police said.

“The 56-year-old male driver, who was travelling with Mrs Barnett, was taken to Waikato Hospital by ambulance with moderate injuries. The driver of the truck was understandably shaken by his ordeal but uninjured in the crash.”

Tamara Garlick Barnett was also killed in the violent crash and her husband Richard sustained unspecified injuries.

Dr Barnett is an orthodontist and director of Barnett Orthodontics in Richfield, and together the couple have four children and four grandchildren. Mitchell Peterson was also a doctor in Richfield, practising optometry, said the report.

In February,  a family of four Chinese Americans were killed in a head-on collision with a logging truck north of Tokoroa. Warren Lee, 53, Aesoon Lee, 52, and their daughter 20-year-old Julia Lee were killed at the scene. Their son, Griffin Lee, 17, died later in hospital.

 

 

NEWS BLACKOUT CONTINUES

NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: CODE RED

NO murders, road kills, gang rapes, muggings, tourist assaults… are currently being reported due to the full enforcement of an ongoing NEWS BLACKOUT in New Zealand

Alert Status:  CODE RED

Related links:

• WEEKEND NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: CODE RED
• TODAY’s NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: Code RED
• Ministry of Truth

 

WEEKEND NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: CODE RED

NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT:

CODE RED

NO murders, road kills, gang rapes, muggings, tourist assaults…  would be reported this weekend due to the full enforcement of NEWS BLACKOUT in New Zealand, which currently stands at CODE RED.

See Ministry of Truth for an explanation of the codes.

[“Minitrue” could conceivably ease the news blackout, ever so marginally, this weekend to discredit this blog. ]

 

Kiwi drivers cause 96 percent of all crashes on NZ death roads

Feckless kiwis continue to blame the victims (naturally)

Kiwi media have started yet another frenzy of victim bashing by blaming the foreign visitors  for road deaths, even deaths caused by drowning [and soon probably for murders, rapes, muggings… ]

However, the fact remains that foreign drivers account only for 4.2 percent of all vehicle crashes on New Zealand Death Roads. The remaining 95.8 percent of the collisions are caused by kiwi drivers.

Meanwhile…

One dead in Canterbury truck crash
One person was killed after a truck crashed southeast of Christchurch about midday on Friday, near Purau, on the northern side of Banks Peninsula, police said.

It’s believed no other vehicles were involved NZ Newswire quoted the police as saying.

Waikato link road fatality update …
Thursday, 5 March 2015 – Waikato Police  said a road contracting vehicle collided with a motorcyclist as the larger vehicle was reversing in an area of road works subject to a 30km/h speed restriction.

“It is too early to comment on the cause of the crash but initial indications are a female motorcyclist has lost her life after a road contracting vehicle has collided with her bike while the larger vehicle was reversing.”
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/waikato-link-road-fatality-update

Crashes disrupt wet Waikato roads
Two people are in a serious condition after a series of crashes in the Waikato, said a report.

Three peak-time crashes have occurred:

A northbound truck and small trailer rolled on State Highway 1 near the Cambridge Golf Club.  Two people from the truck were taken to Waikato Hospital in serious condition…

In Hamilton, two cars collided head on just north of Cobham Bridge about 4.35pm and a collision  between two cars blocked Fairfield Bridge about 4.50pm.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/67062319/crashes-disrupt-wet-waikato-roads

Police name man killed in Tauranga crash
A Papamoa teenager who was killed after in a car crash near Tauranga on Wednesday has been named by police as Kruz Delma Waitohi Waaka, 18.

The victim was a front seat passenger in a car which collided with a truck. Mr Waaka was trapped in the car and died at the scene, while the car’s driver and a rear seat passenger were taken to Tauranga Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the truck was uninjured. (NZME)

Overseas visitor killed in New Zealand

Visiting businessman found dead on a central Hamilton road

The 32-year-old foreign visitor was found lying unconscious with head injuries on Hillsborough Tce, along the edge of the Waikato River, about 1am Friday, but attempts to revive him failed and he died at the scene, police said.

“A post-mortem will commence in Auckland over coming days and it is here that we hope to be able to complete the formal identification process. At this point in time all we can confirm is the deceased is a 32-year-old male of dual nationality and we are working with consular officials to build on this.”

TODAY’s NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: Code RED

TODAY’s NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT:

Code RED

See Ministry of Truth for an explanation of the codes.

Deaths and tourist misery continue piling up in NZ

Hamilton crash victim dies in hospital

Kim French, 54, who was seriously injured in the crash at the corner of Whatawhata and Dinsdale Rd on Janaury 2, died in Waikato Hospital yesterday (4 March, 2015).

Gary Andrew Wendt, 68, was killed in the crash. Two other women, aged 52 and 48, were also injured.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66990740/Hamilton-crash-victim-dies-in-hospital

One person is dead following an accident involving a digger in Port Waikato this morning (4 March, 2015).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411527

Beach death to be investigated
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66954313/Beach-death-to-be-investigated

One dead after car and truck collide – Tauranga
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411809 (tourist?)

Driver dies from recycling truck injuries
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411815

Tourist driver’s licence suspended on the spot
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411714

A motorcyclist has died in a collision at a road works site in Meremere this morning
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/waikato-link-road-fatality-update
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-crash-road-works-closes-waikato-road-several-hours

The fatality, the tenth reported death on Waikato roads, so far this year, happened on Island Block Rd, just south of the Bombay Hills, shortly before midday (4 March 2015).
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-10th-death-waikato-roads-year-6247066

Melanoma ‘deadlier than road fatalities’
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1503/S00014/melanoma-deadlier-than-road-fatalities.htm

[Both figures are  heavily doctored by NZ government. Editor]

Dead Westport kayaker named by Police
Christopher Black, 51, went fishing in a sea kayak on February 22. http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/335171/dead-westport-kayaker-named

Teenager who died in crash near Westport named
Danny O’Donnell, 19, was killed in the crash on Tauranga Bay Rd, near Westport, on Monday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1503/S00014/melanoma-deadlier-than-road-fatalities.htm
Mr O’Donnell was a rear seat passenger in the car carrying five people. The fate of the other four people is currently unknown.

Forbidden driver blames victim for fatal crash
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411593

Two men killed in two separate Waikato crashes named by police
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/names-released-waikato-fatals

In the first death, 18-year-old Matthew Richard Perkins BLYDE, died when his car collided with another at the rural intersection of Waharoa and Pohlen Roads outside Matamata about 9.40pm.

Four people travelling in the other car also suffered injuries with two being airlifted to Waikato Hospital. [Their fate remains unknown.]

In the second crash on the Kopu-Hikuai Rd about 3.35pm, a 59-year-old Peterus Johannes CORNELISSEN [from the Netherlands]  lost control of his motorbike and collided with bank.

“Airlifted to Waikato Hospital he died a short time later and again, Police would like to extend our sympathies to his family for their loss.”

Two car collision on SH31 west of Otorohanga
If the earlier crashes weren’t enough for emergency services to deal with, first responders were called out again on Sunday to deal with a two car collision on SH31 west of Otorohanga.

“In this crash two cars collided at the intersection of SH1 and Waitomo Valley Rd. An Auckland couple in their seventies were airlifted to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries while a 75-year-old US citizen appeared in the Hamilton District Court yesterday on two charges of careless driving causing injury in relation to the crash.

Tourist swimmers in the spotlight, as well as drivers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66927642/Tourist-swimmers-in-the-spotlight-as-well-as-drivers

Man found in park dies from head injuries
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66940295/Man-found-in-park-dies-from-head-injuries

Fatal crash on  Waterloo Road
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/man-charged-following-fatal-crash-waterloo-road

Serious vehicle crash occurs on Great North Road, Grey Lynn
A serious vehicle crash occurred on Great North Road, Grey Lynn at about 3.36am March 1. As a result diversions have been put in place.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36406

Witness sought for fatal crash in Tokoroa (Bay of Plenty of Deaths)
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/witness-sought-fatal-crash-tokoroa
Ioane Pere, 72, was hit by a truck on Dalmeny Street Tokoroa at approximately 9pm on Friday, 20 February. He suffered critical injuries and died later in Waikato Hospital.

Smoke prompts plane to make emergency landing
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1141239

More tourist misery and road kills in New Zealand

TODAY’s NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: Code RED  See Ministry of Truth for an explanation of the codes.

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Tourist who lost father in NZ road collision had lost partner in motorcycle crash

Taiwanese visitor Chia-Fang Chu, 39, who lost her father in a two-vehicle collision  at an intersection of Jones Rd and Dawsons Rd in Templeton, south of Christchurch, on February 18, had lost her partner in a motorcycle crash.

Her father had suggested they holiday in New Zealand so that Chu could recover from depression brought on by the death of her partner who was killed in the crash, said a report.

Mountain biker dies after fall

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11410025

Four women injured in the Bay of Plenty

Four women have been injured, one critically, in a road crash in the lower Kaimai area in the Bay of Plenty this afternoon (Mar 1, 2015).

“Initial reports show up to seven vehicles were involved, however, [the Ministry of Truth intervened immediately and] emergency staff later said two vehicles had crashed.”

One victim was flown to Waikato Hospital with critical injuries, and two others with serious injuries taken to Tauranga Hospital. “The fourth woman had moderate injuries and was also taken to Tauranga Hospital, the spokesman said.” http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11410005

Motorcycle crash kills rider
A man died in hospital after his motorbike went out of control and crashed on State Highway 25A about 2km from Puketui Rd. (Mar 1, 2015 )
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11409987

Weekend of carnage on Waikato roads
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/66813176/weekend-of-carnage-on-waikato-roads

Witness sought for fatal crash in Tokoroa
Police Serious Crash Unit is currently investigating a fatal crash between a pedestrian and a small truck which occurred on Dalmeny Street Tokoroa at approximately 9pm on Friday, 20 February.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/witness-sought-fatal-crash-tokoroa

Whangarei Unexplained Death 27/02/2015
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/36384

Father dies weeks before son’s body found
“The father of a teenage climber who was lost on Canterbury’s Tasman Glacier more than 40 years ago died just weeks before the discovery of what is believed to be his son’s body.

“David Moen was 19 when he was swept away by an avalanche near the Tasman Saddle on September 16, 1973. Moen, of Invercargill, had been climbing with Australian William Richards, 64, said a report.

Many people have lost their lives on NZ mountains. At least 62 people have gone missing in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park alone since 1907 and never been found. However, seasonal melting of the Tasman Glacier this year has so far revealed the remains of a second missing climber.

“The second set of human remains was recovered last week from the bottom of the Hochstetter ice fall as it entered the Tasman Glacier. No details on the possible identity of that person were available yet but police said the two discoveries were from separate incidents and not related.”

Keys taken off tourist who caused back up to take photos
A Dunedin vigilante [“nutter”] took car keys from a tourist who had stopped to take photos on Otago Peninsula, causing eight vehicles to back up on the narrow road, said a report.

“It is at least the fifth time a driver has taken the keys off an overseas tourist in recent weeks, with police urging the public not to take matters into their own hands.”

At least 95.8 percent of all fatal crashes on New Zealand “death roads” are caused by kiwi drivers.